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Augusta, Georgia Area

• Vehicle ownership and accountability of all performance, cost, and quality attributes across gas, electric and lithium powered products.
• Executing and implementing platform projects in New Product Development and Quality Improvements that have delivered a 92% revenue growth rate from 2019 to 2023, including a Cost Reduction pipeline worth 5% of annual.
• Managing and driving strategies to increase market share by engaging cross functional teams focusing on product and process ideation improvements to foster strategy roadmaps and project pipelines.
• Local and International Team development and planning.
• Leading business process and data analytics for continuous improvement.

Leadership and direct management of the Club Car CAD & Prototype teams. Advanced the team’s critical skills and capabilities across PTC PLM solutions including physical prototyping technologies to support new product development projects and initiatives. Accountable for all staffing, budget, and department strategies and actions. Site project manager for.

Augusta, Georgia Area

Ownership & accountability of Lean Product Development initiatives and projects supporting the overall business objectives of quality, delivery & cost driving productivity in engineering. Annual savings of $2M annually while ensuring a steady pipeline of $4M+ utilizing A3 facilitation and development including 9-Step problem solving along with competitive.

Leadership and accountability for all Product Lifecycle Mgt (PLM) initiatives including Business Process Mgt technology development and implementation for product development. Led a department of 50+ consisting of Bill of Material & Release Coordinators, CAD Admins & Support team along with a Software Team (Visual Studio,.NET, SQL) for internal process.

Engineering program management on the Ford/Navistar joint venture program. Leading and coordinating engineering releases, issue tracking and resolution, prototype build and launch activities and plant support. Quality improvements of 25% and bill of material error reduction of 35% were achieved. Program team collaboration with Purchasing, Manufacturing.

Responsible for technically supporting and maintaining a high proficiency around the entire collaborative product commerce solution suite for Pro/Engineer and Windchill. Included complete product and process lifecycle management applications. Intimate and complete business knowledge and understanding of customer requirements, objectives and initiatives..

One of 10 selected employees involved in this Engineering/Pre-Mgt. program that facilitated participation and involvement in various core groups within the company for full company development and awareness. 2-3 months assigments in Chassis Engineering, Springfield Assembly Plant, Information Technology, Truck Reliability Center, Product Litigation and.